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Teemu Selanne became the first player to have his number retired by the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.

Selanne is certainly worthy of the distinction as he's by far the greatest player the relatively young franchise has had. He recorded 988 points in a Ducks' uniform, which is more than 300 more than the next best Anaheim player (Paul Kariya) and also has a firm hold on the team's career lead in games played with 966. Over his entire career, Selanne had 684 goals and 1,457 points in 1,451 games with Anaheim, Winnipeg, San Jose, and Colorado. Jan 12 - 10:32 AM

Teemu Selanne will have his number 8 jersey retired tonight by the Anaheim Ducks.

It should be a moving ceremony as this will be the first number retired by the Ducks for someone who played for them. Wayne Gretzky's number 99 was retired by every team in the league when he left the game. Congratulations to Teemu on the honor. There should be plenty of tears of joy in Anaheim tonight. Jan 11 - 7:02 AM

The Anaheim Ducks will retire the number 8 of Teemu Selanne on January 11.

Selanne's number will be up in the rafters for all to see as his great career in the NHL and especially with the Anaheim Ducks ended last season. He ends his career with 684 regular season goals and 1457 points in 1451 games and chipped in 44 goals and 88 points in 130 playoff matches. Congratulations to Teemu on the honor and it should be a great night in Anaheim. Jan 4 - 5:40 AM

Teemu Selanne has apologized following the reaction to his critical comments about Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau in his autobiography.

"I’m sorry if I hurt Bruce or anyone else, that was not my intent," said Selanne through a statement. "As I’ve said many times, Bruce is a nice guy, but we simply had a different view on my role with the Ducks." Selanne was reportedly angry at his role on the Ducks and his healthy scratch in Game 4 of April's first round series versus Dallas. The legendary Finn wrote about it in his book, while Boudreau responded that Selanne was one of his favorites, and he would not say anything bad about the future hall of famer. Thu, Sep 18, 2014 08:31:00 PM

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Teemu Selanne will have his number 8 jersey retired tonight by the Anaheim Ducks.

It should be a moving ceremony as this will be the first number retired by the Ducks for someone who played for them. Wayne Gretzky's number 99 was retired by every team in the league when he left the game. Congratulations to Teemu on the honor. There should be plenty of tears of joy in Anaheim tonight.

The Anaheim Ducks will retire the number 8 of Teemu Selanne on January 11.

Selanne's number will be up in the rafters for all to see as his great career in the NHL and especially with the Anaheim Ducks ended last season. He ends his career with 684 regular season goals and 1457 points in 1451 games and chipped in 44 goals and 88 points in 130 playoff matches. Congratulations to Teemu on the honor and it should be a great night in Anaheim.

Teemu Selanne has apologized following the reaction to his critical comments about Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau in his autobiography.

"I’m sorry if I hurt Bruce or anyone else, that was not my intent," said Selanne through a statement. "As I’ve said many times, Bruce is a nice guy, but we simply had a different view on my role with the Ducks." Selanne was reportedly angry at his role on the Ducks and his healthy scratch in Game 4 of April's first round series versus Dallas. The legendary Finn wrote about it in his book, while Boudreau responded that Selanne was one of his favorites, and he would not say anything bad about the future hall of famer.

Teemu Selanne's new biography revealed that he didn't see eye-to-eye with Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau.

Selanne felt Boudreau didn't make proper use of him and pointed to his limited playing time as evidence. That was a longstanding disagreement between them, but it reached its boiling point when Selanne was made a healthy scratch in Game 4 of the Ducks' first-round series against Dallas in 2014. Selanne confronted Boudreau over what he felt was a humiliating act and the two haven't spoken since. Selanne went as far as to skip the exit interviews. Selanne did add that he feels the differences between the two are hockey-related and not personal.

Teemu Selanne said he's tempted to play for Jokerit in the KHL this season.

"If I had to decide about my career a week ago, I'd say my career is over," he said. "NHL career is definitely over. Right now I'd say I'm not going to play." Selanne was reportedly offered $10 million by Jokerit for the 2014-15 campaign, which would be tempting for a lot of people. He hasn't closed the door yet, but it sounds like he's leaning toward life after playing. Selanne is apparently putting together a hockey academy focused on goal scoring, which he mentioned during his press conference as well.

According to USanomat's Juha Hiitela, Teemu Selanne has been offered $10 million to play for Jokerit in the KHL this season.

He has also reportedly been presented with a deal that would pay him $5 million if he just played in the home games on the team's 2014-15 schedule. The 44-year-old veteran winger won't be playing in the NHL this campaign, but he was considering one last tour of duty with his old Finnish squad.

The Anaheim Ducks will raise Teemu Selanne's number to the rafters on Jan. 11.

Selanne has played out the final season of his long and accomplished NHL career. He was on four different teams, but the vast majority of his tenure was with the Anaheim Ducks. He won the Stanley Cup with them in 2007 and is the franchise leader in games, goals, assists, shots, and a variety of other categories.

While Selanne won't be returning to the Anaheim Ducks for another season, he is reportedly entertaining the possibility of playing for Jokerit, a Finnish squad that will make its KHL debut in 2014-15. That would complete the circle of Selanne's hockey career as he got his start with Jokerit Helsinki back when they played in the Finnish league before breaking into the NHL.

The Los Angeles Kings were classy in their tribute to the now-retired Teemu Selanne at the end of the game on Friday.

The Kings stayed on the ice after winning Game 7 in Anaheim and tapped their sticks in honoring Selanne. "We’d stay out there for 20 minutes if we could," Justin Williams said. Selanne was so highly regarded around the NHL, they probably would have. He ends his career with 684 regular season goals and 1457 points in 1451 games and chipped in 44 goals and a similar amount of assists in 130 playoff matches. We wish Selanne all the best in retirement.

"I knew it was either going to be an unbelievable big party or a huge disappointment, and there’s nothing in between," Teemu Selanne said after the Ducks not only were eliminated by the Kings in third-round playoff action Friday night, but vaporized, 6-2. "This time it was not the party, so very disappointing." His 1,581st NHL game — counting the regular season and playoffs — was his final one. "Everything great has to end somewhere," Selanne, 43, said. "Obviously, there’s going to be a lot of sadness, but overall there’s going to be a lot of happiness. I feel very special."

Teemu Selanne needs the Ducks to win Friday to extend his playing career.

Anaheim and Los Angeles are preparing for Game 7 of the second round series. Selanne has committed to retiring at the end of the Ducks' playoff run, so this might be it for him. He has two goals and four assists in 11 playoff games. "Teemu is incredibly important to this organization," Ducks defenseman Ben Lovejoy said. "The Samuelis (Henry and Susan) own the team, but Teemu has been the team. Forever. But (Friday night), this is bigger than Teemu. This is for our season. We need to be ready to go for everybody. For all 20 guys. For the hundreds of people that work for this team. This is, obviously, an incredibly important game."

Selanne has two goals and six points in 10 playoff games. That's not bad when you factor in that the 43-year-old forward has been averaging just 12:17 minutes per contest. It looks like the Ducks don't plan on using him extensively in his final postseason run.

Teemu Selanne scored a goal in Anaheim's 3-2 win over Los Angeles in Game 3 of their second round playoff series on Thursday night.

Selanne scored a power-play goal in the second period and that was his second goal and fifth point in the playoffs. Defenseman Ben Lovejoy and Corey Perry also scored for the Ducks, while Patrick Maroon continued his point streak with an assist and he became the first NHL rookie to record a postseason point streak of at least six games since Warren Rychel of the Kings in 1993.

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Ryan Getzlaf scored a goal and an assist in Sunday's 3-1 win over Dallas.

By scoring two points tonight, Getzlaf tied Paul Kariya for second all-time on the Ducks' scoring list with 669 career points. Getzlaf registered an assist on Corey Perry's first period goal and he scored a goal of his own late in the third period. The 29-year-old has collected at least one point in five of his last six games. Getzlaf has 20 goals and 61 points in 61 games this season.

Ryan Kesler scored a goal and added an assist in Friday's 4-2 win over the Kings.

Kesler's goal was a matter of being in the right place at the right time to finish off Andrew Cogliano's missed pass from Jakob Silfverberg, getting the Ducks on the board early in the third period. His assist came thanks to Corey Perry's ability to put one in the empty net from the defensive zone, after Kesler forced the turnover. He now has 16 goals and 39 points in 63 games this season.

Patrick Maroon picked up two assists in Anaheim's 6-3 win over Calgary on Friday night.

It was Maroon's second helper on Jakob Silfverberg's tally to make it 5-2 late in the third period that was pretty. Maroon simply made a perfect pass under Kris Russell's outreached stick and onto Silf's streaking blade for the one-timer. Marron now has 21 assists and 28 points in 51 games this season.

Emerson Etem scored his fourth of season in the Ducks' 4-2 win over the Kings on Friday night.

Etem started the play by evading Matt Greene's check by the offensive blue line and shoveling it behind the net as he lost his grip. Jiri Sekac moved it along to Rickard Rakell, who ripped one across the goal line, off Martin Jones and then off Emerson Etem for the game-tying tally in the third period. Etem now has four goals and eight points in 32 games this season.

Tomas Fleischmann is looking forward to being reunited with Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau.

Fleischmann used to work under Boudreau when they were both members of the Washington Capitals. "I'm just excited to play for him again," Fleischmann said. "I know what he can do. … He's a good players' coach. You always like to play for him. That's one of the reasons." He has seven goals and 21 points in 52 games this season with Florida. The Ducks acquired him in exchange for Dany Heatley and a third-round pick.

The trio combined for a goal on Friday as Etem found the back of the net in a 4-2 win over the Kings. "They played well," teammate Ryan Kesler said. "They were probably our best line, hemming them in. I think they hemmed them in for three minutes. (Kings defenseman Andrej) Sekera was on the ice for four minutes it seems. He was dying out there." The line could be quite a force in the playoffs for the Ducks.

The Ducks are getting calls on Matt Beleskey, according to ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun.

Of course, the complication is that Beleskey, an unrestricted free agent, has been important to the Ducks this season, and they have hopes of going far in the playoffs. Beleskey has 21 goals and 30 points, in what has been a career season. The forward is out with a shoulder injury but has recently started to skate again.

It was Perry's second straight multi-point game. That gives him 27 goals and 45 points in 49 contests in 2014-15. He's one of the league's top players, but unfortunately injury troubles and a battle with the mumps have slowed him down somewhat in 2014-15.

Emerson Etem and Francois Beauchemin scored Anaheim's other two goals in regulation time. Jakob Silfverberg accounted for the game-winner in the shootout. Silfverberg also recorded an assist for Anaheim, along with Hampus Lindholm, Clayton Stoner, Ryan Getzlaf, and Kyle Palmieri.

Kyle Palmieri recorded his 11th goal of the campaign in a 6-2 blowout loss to Florida Tuesday night.

Palmieri's numbers, when prorated over an entire season, look quite impressive, but he was made a healthy scratch last week nonetheless. Tim Jackman also recorded a goal for the Ducks in the losing effort.

The Anaheim Ducks are hoping James Wisniewski will help them improve their power play.

The Ducks rank 21st in the NHL when it comes to their percentage power-play conversions (17.4%) despite the fact that they have some great offensive weapons. Having a power-play quarterback like Wisniewski on the roster should help and that in turn should boost Wisniewski's productions. There's a good chance he'll finish the season on a high note.

Hampus Lindholm collected an empty netter and an assist in Anaheim's 6-3 win over Calgary on Friday night.

The empty net goal was a beaut as Lindholm banked it off the defensive zone glass and in, right down Broadway. The two tallies gives him six goals and 27 points on the season through 54 games. It appears safe to assume that he'll surpass last year's total of 24 assists and 30 points in 78 games.

Vatanen was injured on February 15 and it was thought he would be out four-six weeks so he should return by the beginning of April at the latest which would still give him 10 days in the regular season to get ready for the playoffs. "I will be ready before the playoffs," Vatanen said. "I can play some games and be ready for the most exciting time of the season." Vatanen was the Ducks top offensive defenseman when injured as he had 12 goals and 34 points in 57 games.

Korbinian Holzer, who has a concussion, has been acquired by the Anaheim Ducks from the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Holzer was hurt in his first shift on Sunday. It's impossible for us to say how long he might miss due to the concussion, but he will help bolster the Ducks' defensive depth once he's healthy. He doesn't do enough offensively to warrant picking him up in standard leagues though. The Leafs received Eric Brewer and a fifth-rounder from the Ducks in the move.

Clayton Stoner will be in the lineup Monday night versus the Detroit Red Wings.

Stoner had missed Saturday's contest against the Oilers due a lower body injury but will be able to dress Monday night versus the Wings. Stoner will be playing in his 52nd game of the season Monday where he will look to find the back of the net for the first time this season. Eric Brewer will move back to the bench to make room for Stoner.

It will be his first game since Feb. 8 due to a neck injury. He has a 2.37 GAA and .916 save percentage in 44 contests in 2014-15. He was the clear starter before his injury, but he'll have to compete for playing time with John Gibson for the rest of the season.

Gibson was outstanding in the game and he was named the first star for his effort. The 21-year-old has stepped in for an injured Frederik Andersen and he's done a good job in the last little while. Gibson has won five of his last six games and he has an overall record of 8-5-0 on the season. The young goaltender has a 2.51 goals-against-average and a .920 save percentage.